Rail-joint



G. A. DELISSIO.

RAH. JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I8, 192!- 1,386,847 0 Patented Aug. 9, 1921..

GUY enroivro nnmssro, or

rat-rear entice.

BELMONT, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

' Application filed May 18,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUY A. Dnmssro, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dehnont, in the county oi vVestmoreland. and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the acrompanying drawings.

This invention relates to rail joints, and has for its object to provide a rail joint which is not affected by the expansion or contraction of the rails, and wherein the means "for securing the rails cannot be disengaged by vibration. of the rails caused by cars passing thereover.

Another object is to provide a rail jolnt of this character wherein means for securing the rail ends to each other is carried by one of the rails and is adapted to receive the end of an adjacent rail.

it is also an object of the invention to provide a rail oint of this character wherein a socket member is carried by one end of the rail for the reception or the end of an adja cent rail, portions o1 said socket being provided with inwardly projecting protuberances adapted to engage the web of the rail within the socket to firmly engage the web upon tightening of the fastening means eX- tending through the socket.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described, fully claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1- is a. perspective view of a rail j oint, constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the structure shown in Fig. 1,

' Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of the joint securing means, with the rail removed, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line H of Fig. 3. v

Referring to the drawings, 5 deslgnates a rail oi a conventional form, the end portion 6 of said rail being provided with a socket member 7 for securing the adjacent rail thereto.

The socket member 7 is substantially U- shaped in cross section, the end portion 8 of said member being formed integral or otherwise permanently secured to the base and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5 i921.

1921. "Serial No. 470,716.

web otthe rail 5', while the end portion 9 projects beyond the end portion 6'01": the rail, the extremity otsaid end 6 being at the intermediate portion of the socket. The socket is adapted to conform to the construction of the web and-base of the rail, so as to properly hold said portions of the rail disposed within the socket. -It will .be noted that the walls 10 of the socket member are inclined toward each other, so that the upper ends 11 of said walls will be disposed beneath the tread of the rail. The inner Surface 12 of each of the walls 10 is substantially concave. The purpose of this is to permit the walls of the socket to be drawn toward the web upon tightening of thefastening means.

In order to permit the walls of the socket member to firmly engage the end of the rail to be secured, a ridge 13 is formed on each of the walls 10, said ridge projecting from the inner surface 12 and extending longitudinally of said walls. These ridges are adapted to engage the rail at the junction of the web of the rail with the basethereot, and are substantially inclined downwardly from said walls. By the concave inner surface 12 of the walls, the intermediate portions of said walls do not come in contact with the web. The upper inner edge of the walls, as well as the ends 11, engage the rail and coact with the ridges 13 to prevent movement of the rail within the socket.

assist in securing the rail within the socket,

thereof, said ridge being adapted to engage the lower surface of the base of the rail immediately beneath the Web of the rail.

In this way a certain amount of movement is permitted when the rail is being secured to cause binding of the socket member on the rail. The end portion 9 of the socket is provided with a plurality of openings 16, the openings in one wall of the socket registering with the openings in the opposite wall of the socket and with similar openings formed in the web of the rail. Bolts or like fastening means 17 are adapted to be passed through said openings so as to bind the socket member to the rail 5 From the foregoing it will be readily seen that this lnvention provldes novel means of securing the ends of rails, in the form of a socket, one socket being carried by one end member of thendjacent rail this feature, the invention may be incorpoof each fail, the opposite end of the rail being adapted to be received in thesocket In view of rated in the conventional forms of rails now in use, as no alteration to the ends of the rails is necessary. I Another important feeture; is that through the medium of the ridges 13 and 15 and the upper inner edge of the walls 10, it is possible to bind the socket member toithe end of the rail, as resistunce to a great extent is eliminated, and the pressureapplled to the fasteningmeens willfials'o serve to draw the Walls into en gztger nentl With rall o p p \Vhat is claimed 15;:

the Web and base of the A ruil joint of the character described emsubstantially concave bodying a rail having 'a' socketwmember formed on one end thereof, said socket mem ber belng open at one end and lt's'top the inner Walls of said socket-member being bottom of the socket forengagement with the baseof the rail, and means for urging sand ridges, the top and inner edges of the the top and inner wallsintoi binding engagement with the rail end Within the socket.

In testimony Whereofl hereunto affix my signature.

GUY ANTONIO nnms sio. 

